Exercise program aims to boost health in severe mental illness
NCT ID NCT05834309
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a 6-week exercise program, done twice a week, can improve physical and mental health in 100 adults with severe mental illness. Participants are randomly assigned to either usual care or usual care plus the exercise program. The goal is to see if exercise reduces metabolic syndrome risk and improves quality of life, fitness, and mood.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2022
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * resident in Navarra * diagnosis of severe mental disorder (DSM 5: Schizophrenia 295.90, Tr. Schizoaffective Disorder 295.70, Schizotypal Personality Disorder 301.22, Schizoid Personality Disorder 301.20, Schizophreniform Personality Disorder 295.40, Psychotic Disorder with Delusional Ideas 295.40, Psychotic Disorder with Delusional Ideas 295.40. Schizophreniform 295.40, Psychotic disorder with delusions 293.81, Psychotic disorder with hallucinations 293.82, Major depressive disorder 296.33, Bipolar disorder type I 296.44, Bipolar disorder type II 296.89, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 300. * primary nursing diagnosis NANDA and Virginia Henderson NOC 0099 Ineffective Health Maintenance * at least one of the secondary nursing diagnoses 001 Nutritional Imbalance due to Excess, 003 Risk of Nutritional Imbalance due to Excess, 00096 Sleep Deprivation, 00146 Anxiety or 00168 Sedentary * willing to voluntarily participate in the randomly assigned intervention, after signing the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * acute illness that does not allow physical exercise sessions or assessments during the study * medical contraindication that prevents physical exercise * treatment with Interleukin-6 receptor antagonists (tocilizumab) during the last month due to drug interference with adaptations to cardiopulmonary exercise * refusal to sign the informed consent form by the study subject * impossibility of follow-up.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra
Pamplona, Navarre, 31008, Spain
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Fundacion Miguel Servet
Pamplona, Navarre, 31008, Spain
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